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During an interaction with reporters outside the White House on Wednesday, President Donald Trump held up a map of Syria and vowed that the terrorist organization would be "gone by tonight."
The map included two images showing the decrease in lands occupied by the Islamic State today compared to when Trump was elected.
President Trump: "This is a map of everything in the red. This was on election night. In 2016 everything red is ISI… https://t.co/lgNCnHad3g— The Hill (@The Hill) 1553153460.0
“This was on election night in 2016. Everything red is ISIS. When I took it over, it was a mess," Trump said, presenting the sign to members of the press. "Now, on the bottom, that’s the exact same; there is no red. In fact, there’s actually a tiny spot which will be gone by tonight."
Twitter users commandeered the image of Trump and went wild with it.
Someone made a more Trump-friendly map.
"As you can see on this detailed map I got printed...we're defeating ISIS!" #trump #map https://t.co/ATNnA5QNf8— DogsHateBoots (@DogsHateBoots) 1553178414.0
There are a lot of important and utterly strange happenings in the political sphere right now - like Devin Nunes (R-CA), Trump's lapdog California Congressman, suing a fake cow.
"devin nunes' cow @devincow has more followers than devin nunes" https://t.co/vl6xA7TMOy— darth™ (@darth™) 1553100766.0
Historic flooding in the Midwest...
@W7VOA "Oh great, more paper towels. That'll help." https://t.co/3zDSeO0pTu— Kyle Murray (@Kyle Murray) 1553102345.0
... oh well.
@nycsouthpaw https://t.co/YIYLYG6Lr4— 𝐉𝐨𝐝𝐢. (@𝐉𝐨𝐝𝐢.) 1553101626.0
Perhaps Trump just wants to show us his favorite memories.
@nycsouthpaw https://t.co/MwKgDF6mQd— Tim Fitzgerald (@Tim Fitzgerald) 1553102583.0
@nycsouthpaw https://t.co/194ipeBQzu— Linda Campbell (@Linda Campbell) 1553106177.0
Awww, the babies.
Trump also has a dank meme collection.
Space Force cat?
"Very decent people."
@nycsouthpaw https://t.co/ZT3iNvS1pi— Don Taco (@Don Taco) 1553100682.0
Trump, who loves a joke at his expense, even took some jabs at himself.
Today, while showing the map Trump said “the ISIS will be gone tonight” and “now on the bottom there is no red”. I… https://t.co/FggxpSJgtz— Max Howroute▫️ (@Max Howroute▫️) 1553104162.0
@W7VOA @swin24 https://t.co/HLwaY11Um9— Sara Kosiorek (@Sara Kosiorek) 1553100787.0
Others dared to dream.
Fixed this for you @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/w2sOWYYkzr— Sarah Wood (@Sarah Wood) 1553101961.0
In times like these, we have to laugh.